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Bedminster, New Jersey (May 19, 2014)

AMCS Corporation (AMCS) has entered into a contract to supply Grupa LOTOS, S.A. (GLSA), with an INNOVA-H2/LPG cryogenic process plant for the recovery of hydrogen, LPG, and heavy condensate from the fuel gas streams at GLSA's refinery in Gdansk, Poland. The INNOVA-H2/LPG plant will upgrade refinery streams currently sent to the fuel gas system into more valuable product streams improving profitability, reducing the need for importation of crude oil, reducing the impact of the refinery on the environment, and providing needed transportation liquid fuels to the Polish market including LPG and Gasoline.

Bedminster, New Jersey and Hunt Valley, Maryland (October 11, 2013)

AMCS Corporation (AMCS) and Cristal USA Inc (Cristal USA) have entered into a lump sum turn-key contract whereby AMCS will supply a customized ULTRAAL-650™ Air Separation Unit (ASU) for Cristal USA’s operations in Ashtabula, Ohio. The ASU is based on current state-of-the-art technology with superior performance, high level of automation, and flexible operation. The ASU supplies 650 tons per day gaseous oxygen (GOX) and 1,000 tons per day gaseous Nitrogen (GAN) products to Cristal USA’s TiO2 facilities via pipelines. In addition to pipeline products, the ULTRAAL-650™ produces high-purity Liquid Argon (LAR), Liquid Oxygen (LOX), and Liquid Nitrogen (LIN) for internal use and for export to the surrounding liquid merchant market. In addition to the plant supply agreement, the parties have signed long-term agreements for merchant liquid sales and for Operating and Maintenance services (O&M) for the Ashtabula ASU.

“We are honored that Cristal has chosen AMCS as its strategic industrial gases partner. This is the second contract for ASUs and seventh contract in total which Cristal and AMCS have signed together for the supply of plants or performance of services. Using experience gained from working together on the ULTRA-O™ plant for Cristal Australia, The ULTRA-AL™ plant has been closely integrated with the TiO2 facilities’ requirements to optimize the economic benefits of the plant for Cristal and features world-class performance in terms of specific power and operability. Our AOS team will have real-time access to AMCS’ Remote Operating Support center in NJ as well as our first line engineering team through AMCS’ ULTRA-Sentry™ remote plant support system. We have optimized the Ashtabula ASU liquid production capabilities leveraging the lower production cost gained from integration with large pipeline production capacity and plant backup needs. This flexibility in liquid production will provide our AO team with the opportunity to better match the plant’s production slate to local market needs thus maximizing returns for Cristal. Our role as a partner is to provide Cristal with a comprehensive and reliable solution to enable them to realize the significant reduction in their industrial gases cost brought about by their decision to buy a plant to make gases versus buying gases over the fence from a supplier” said Ishmael Chalabi, CEO of AMCS Corporation.

According to Emad Aljunaidi, Vice President –Supply Chain for Cristal, “Operational efficiency is critical to our facilities, and AMCS is able to provide us with an air separation unit that will help us be the most cost competitive and achieve superior performance and flexibility. AMCS has proven to be a strategic partner for Cristal and we’re pleased to be working with them on yet another project.”

AMCS is a leading global supplier of industrial gases and process plants, providing technology, equipment, and engineering services. AMCS’ team is comprised of a diverse and experienced group of engineering professionals and technologists with extensive experience in the air separation, hydrogen, syngas, and natural gas industries. Collectively, the professional team holds many key technology patents and its members are recognized industry experts in cryogenic process design, adsorption technologies and mechanical design. AMCS’ global customer list includes clients from the chemicals, environmental, electronics, pharmaceuticals, glass, and metals market sectors. Along with plants producing oxygen, nitrogen, argon, neon, helium, krypton, and xenon, AMCS supplies plants for high-purity electronic gas production, liquefied natural gas production, gas processing applications and ship board process plants. As a full service technology company, AMCS has successfully executed turn-key projects in North America, Europe, South America, the Middle East, Australia-New Zealand, and the Far East.

About The National Titanium Dioxide Company (“Cristal”)

Cristal is 66% owned by National Industrialization Company (Tasnee) of Saudi Arabia. The remaining 33% is owned by the Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC), which is part of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and 1% is owned by a private investor. Cristal’s headquarters are located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It operates seven manufacturing plants, two mines and three R&D facilities in six countries on five continents and employs nearly 4,000 people worldwide. The company is the world’s second largest manufacturer of titanium dioxide (TiO2), which is a white pigment widely used in coatings, plastics and paper. Cristal is also a leading mineral sands producer; the fifth largest producer of titanium minerals and fourth of zircon. Cristal is a strong and stable global operator with best-in-class R&D facilities, strong values and a long-term investment perspective. Cristal’s ultrafine titanium dioxide CristalACTiV™ is at the core of technologies that contribute to high performing applications for cleaning and protecting the environment.

AMCS Corporation enters into agreement with SOL S.p.A. to provide an ULTRA-AL™ in Bulgaria

Bedminster, New Jersey, (June 19, 2013)

AMCS Corporation, a New Jersey based international supplier of industrial gases, process and energy plants, announced it has entered into an agreement with SOL S.p.A., a leading European supplier of industrial and medical gas products, to provide an ULTRA-AL™ merchant Air Separation Plant (ASU) for use in Bulgaria. The ULTRA-AL™ ASU is state-of-the-art cryogenic plant technology with superior performance, high levels of automation, and flexible operation. The plant is designed to produce high-purity products including Liquid Nitrogen, Liquid Oxygen, and Liquid Argon, along with gaseous nitrogen. The ULTRA-AL™ plant design is highly packaged, significantly reducing field erection and installation time and costs.

“AMCS is delighted for the opportunity to supply SOL with their third ULTRA plant in Europe. We value the confidence and trust that SOL’s management has placed in us; working together over the past few years has fostered an excellent working relationship between our teams at all levels. SOL’s demand for quality and high performance standards has provided our people with the opportunity to develop innovative and competitive solutions. The new project in Bulgaria has some unique challenges and integration opportunities that will provide our client with competitive advantages. It is always nice when a client turns to you again for another plant,” said Ishmael Chalabi President and CEO of AMCS Corporation.

SOL S.p.A. is headquartered in Monza, Italy and the company was founded in 1927. It is listed in the Milan Stock Exchange and has over 2,500 employees and offices in 22 European countries and India. The SOL Group specializes in industrial and medical gas products and applications which are used in industrial, civil and health care applications.

AMCS Corporation announces commissioning of ULTRA-L-250™ for SOL Group in Southern Italy

Bedminster, New Jersey, (April 9, 2013)

AMCS Corporation, a New Jersey based international supplier of industrial gases and process plants, announced the successful commissioning of a new 250-tons per day Nitrogen Liquefaction Unit (ULTRA-L-250™) in Salerno, Italy for its client, SOL S.p.A. a leading European gas company. The Salerno ULTRA-L-250™ successfully went on stream by the end of 2012.

The new liquid Nitrogen plant is one of the ULTRA-L™ series of highly efficient standard liquid Nitrogen plants featuring AMCS' latest process cycle design, and offering competitively low life cycle costs. The Salerno ULTRA-L-250™ which is deeply integrated with the existing Air Separation plant exceeded its design and performance criteria, significantly enhancing the production facility's performance and competiveness. "This is the second plant that we have successfully delivered and brought onstream for our valued client SOL. In a complex project like Salerno, a great deal of interaction takes place between the plant supplier and the customer and the success of this project owes as much to the professionalism and competence of the SOL team as it does to the capability of our team," said Ishmael Chalabi, CEO and President of AMCS Corporation.

AMCS is a leading supplier of industrial gases and process plants, providing technology, equipment, and engineering services worldwide. AMCS' team is comprised of a diverse and experienced group of engineering professionals and technologists with extensive experience in the air separation, hydrogen, syngas, and natural gas industries. AMCS' professional team holds several key technology patents and its members are recognized industry experts in process design, adsorption technologies and mechanical design.

SOL S.p.A. is headquartered in Monza, Italy and the company was founded in 1927. It is listed in the Milan Stock Exchange and has over 2,500 employees and offices in 21 European countries and India. The SOL Group specializes in industrial and medical gas products and applications which are used in industrial, civil and health care applications.